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ENERFLEX LTD. $18.47 (Toronto symbol EFX; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (403-387-6377; www.enerflex.com; Shares o/s: 88.2 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Dividend yield: 1.8%) will now pay Mesa Compression $106 million U.S. for its compression business.


The addition of Mesa’s 112,000 horsepower brings Enerflex’s global contract compression fleet to over 600,000 horsepower.


The acquisition is a small one for the company....

A: Pure Multi-Family REIT LP, $8.45, symbol RUF.UN on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Units outstanding: 66.4 million; Market cap: $652.4 million, www.puremultifamily.com), is a Canadian based, publicly traded REIT that owns U.S. multi-family real estate assets.


The REIT first sold units to the public and began trading on the Toronto Venture Exchange at $5.00 in July 2012.


Pure Multi focuses on luxury resort-style apartment communities in sunbelt locations such as Dallas, Houston and Phoenix....

Savaria Corp. looks like a promising growth stock with products for limited mobility, but we see lots of risk in its growth by acquisition

Shares of Loblaw and Metro—and many other grocers— fell on news that online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq symbol AMZN and a recommendation of Stock Pickers Digest) will buy organic grocery chain Whole Foods (New York symbol WFM). It will pay $13.7 billion U.S.


Investors fear that Amazon’s e-commerce expertise will let it capture a large share of the grocery retail business in the same way it has disrupted sellers of books, music and clothing.


However, Loblaw and Metro already let their customers order groceries online and pick them up at the store....

CAE INC. $23 (Toronto symbol CAE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 268.3 million; Market cap: $6.2 billion; Priceto-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.cae.com) is the world’s largest maker of flight simulators for commercial airlines and military clients....

A: StorageVault Canada, $2.59, symbol SVI on the TSX Venture Exchange, (Shares outstanding: 300.0 million; Market cap: $774.0 million; www.storagevaultcanada.com), owns and operates storage locations in B.C. (10), Alberta (6), Saskatchewan (7), Manitoba (6), Ontario (20) and Quebec (7).


Its 56 facilities hold 26,449 units that make up 3.0 million square feet of rentable space.


In 2016, StorageVault’s revenue rose 149.8%, to $27.8 million from $11.1 million in 2015....

PEMBINA PIPELINE $42.88 (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares o/s: 401.0 million; Market cap: $17.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Divd. yield: 4.1%; www.pembina.com) owns pipelines that carry almost all of B.C.’s oil and half of Alberta’s conventional oil. Its network also carries 30% of Western Canada’s natural gas liquids (NGLs)....

ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $38.92 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 84.9 million; Market cap: $3.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 3.9%; www. alliedreit.com) owns 156 office buildings, mainly in major Canadian cities....

A: Grande West Transportation Group Inc., $2.63, symbol BUS on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 69.1 million; Market cap: $108.9 million; www.grandewest.com), is a Canadian bus manufacturer of heavy-duty, mid-sized transit buses for sale in this country and the U.S.


The company’s Vicinity bus is available in 27.5-, 30- and 35-foot models powered by diesel or compressed natural gas (CNG)....

A: Spin Master Corp., $38.59, symbol TOY on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 101.7 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; www.spinmaster.com), designs and markets children’s toys, games and puzzles....